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Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity by country

The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are...

Countries reporting
148
Highest
124,696 t
Germany
Lowest
0 t
China, Macao SAR
Median
33.5 t
Years covered
56
1961–2016
Data points
5,642

What the numbers show

Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity is currently reported for 148 countries. The highest value is 124,696 t in Germany; the lowest is 0 t in China, Macao SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 33.5 t, and the mean is 3,389 t.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 6,925.0%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 100.0%).

Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 124,696 t 2016 down 0.1% falling
2 Indonesia 111,436 t 2016 down 27.4% volatile
3 Japan 95,872 t 2016 down 62.5% volatile
4 France 23,470 t 2016 down 28.9% falling
5 Italy 20,155 t 2016 down 84.6% rising
6 Sweden 18,910 t 2016 down 71.2% volatile
7 Austria 16,732 t 2016 up 234.6% volatile
8 Türkiye 8,300 t 2016 down 23.1% volatile
9 Yugoslav SFR 7,200 t 1991 up 16.1% volatile
10 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,500 t 2016 down 82.4% falling
11 Pakistan 5,874 t 2016 down 67.4% volatile
12 Denmark 5,499 t 2016 down 60.5% volatile
13 Egypt 5,399 t 2016 up 303.2% volatile
14 Serbia 4,000 t 2016 up 300.0% volatile
15 Slovenia 3,038 t 2016 down 75.0% volatile
16 Belgium-Luxembourg 3,000 t 1999 down 89.2% volatile
17 China 2,929 t 2016 down 96.0% volatile
18 Canada 2,920 t 2016 — volatile
19 Saudi Arabia 2,601 t 2016 up 134.7% volatile
20 China, mainland 2,589 t 2016 down 96.4% volatile
21 Australia and New Zealand 2,450 t 2016 down 59.2% volatile
22 Portugal 2,386 t 2016 down 40.4% volatile
23 Belgium 2,288 t 2016 up 1,376.1% volatile
24 Poland 2,023 t 2016 down 53.0% volatile
25 Republic of Korea 2,000 t 2016 up 100.0% volatile
26 Russian Federation 1,887 t 2016 — volatile
27 Australia 1,841 t 2016 down 69.3% volatile
28 United Arab Emirates 1,357 t 2016 — volatile
29 Viet Nam 1,205 t 2016 down 65.6% volatile
30 Brazil 1,150 t 2016 down 61.7% volatile
31 India 1,099 t 2016 down 72.5% volatile
32 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,062 t 2016 down 98.3% volatile
33 Switzerland 927 t 2016 down 90.6% volatile
34 New Zealand 609 t 2016 — volatile
35 Finland 578 t 2016 down 90.0% volatile
36 Argentina 560 t 2016 up 273.3% volatile
37 Tunisia 520 t 2016 down 47.0% volatile
38 Thailand 474 t 2016 down 21.0% volatile
39 Hungary 464 t 2016 down 53.6% volatile
40 Greece 347 t 2016 up 395.7% volatile
41 China, Taiwan Province of 340 t 2016 down 75.2% volatile
42 Ireland 334 t 2016 down 12.1% volatile
43 Peru 329 t 2016 — volatile
44 Spain 310 t 2016 down 98.9% volatile
45 Nepal 281 t 2016 up 6,925.0% volatile
46 Sierra Leone 276 t 2016 unchanged volatile
47 Colombia 262 t 2016 up 162.0% volatile
48 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 250 t 2016 down 31.9% volatile
49 Singapore 244 t 2016 — volatile
50 Romania 195 t 2016 — volatile
51 Slovakia 190 t 2016 down 97.3% volatile
52 Czechia 188 t 2016 down 90.6% volatile
53 Ecuador 164 t 2016 — volatile
54 Israel 163 t 2016 down 72.4% volatile
55 Bangladesh 152 t 2016 down 50.6% volatile
56 Kazakhstan 140 t 2016 — volatile
57 Malaysia 116 t 2016 down 98.1% volatile
58 Norway 113 t 2016 down 90.9% volatile
59 Philippines 111 t 2016 down 95.6% volatile
60 Kyrgyzstan 100 t 2016 — volatile
61 Brunei Darussalam 97 t 2016 up 708.3% volatile
62 Belarus 78 t 2016 — volatile
63 Algeria 64 t 2016 up 966.7% volatile
64 Croatia 63 t 2016 — volatile
65 Bosnia and Herzegovina 60 t 2016 — volatile
66 Mongolia 54 t 2016 up 390.9% volatile
67 Morocco 53 t 2016 down 86.6% volatile
68 Ukraine 50 t 2016 — volatile
69 Syrian Arab Republic 48 t 2016 down 52.5% volatile
70 Gabon 47 t 2016 unchanged volatile
70 Senegal 47 t 2016 — volatile
72 Chile 46 t 2016 down 97.7% volatile
73 Caribbean 40 t 2016 up 1,233.3% volatile
74 Uruguay 34 t 2016 — volatile
75 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 33 t 2016 down 67.0% volatile
76 Cyprus 23 t 2016 — volatile
76 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 23 t 2016 — volatile
78 Guatemala 22 t 2016 up 100.0% volatile
79 Albania 20 t 2016 up 185.7% rising
80 Mozambique 14 t 2016 down 68.9% volatile
81 Bulgaria 10 t 2016 down 94.8% volatile
81 Costa Rica 10 t 2016 down 73.0% volatile
81 Cuba 10 t 2016 — volatile
81 Dominican Republic 10 t 2016 — volatile
81 Iraq 10 t 2016 — volatile
81 North Macedonia 10 t 2016 — volatile
81 Panama 10 t 2016 — volatile
81 Turkmenistan 10 t 2016 down 23.1% falling
89 Guinea 5 t 2016 — volatile
89 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5 t 2016 unchanged flat
91 Sudan (former) 4 t 2011 — volatile
92 Sri Lanka 3 t 2016 down 62.5% volatile
92 Luxembourg 3 t 2016 — volatile
94 Cambodia 2 t 2016 — volatile
94 Mexico 2 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
96 Armenia 1 t 2016 — volatile
96 Malta 1 t 2016 — volatile
96 Uzbekistan 1 t 2016 — volatile
96 Netherlands Antilles (former) 1 t 2010 down 96.9% volatile
100 Afghanistan 0 t 2016 — volatile
100 Angola 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Azerbaijan 0 t 2016 — volatile
100 Burundi 0 t 2016 — volatile
100 Bahrain 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Barbados 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Estonia 0 t 2016 — volatile
100 Ethiopia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Fiji 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Georgia 0 t 2016 — volatile
100 Equatorial Guinea 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Honduras 0 t 2016 — volatile
100 Iceland 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Jamaica 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Jordan 0 t 2016 — volatile
100 Kenya 0 t 2016 — volatile
100 Kuwait 0 t 2016 — volatile
100 Lebanon 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Lithuania 0 t 2016 — volatile
100 Latvia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Madagascar 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Montenegro 0 t 2016 — flat
100 Mauritius 0 t 2016 — volatile
100 Namibia 0 t 2016 — volatile
100 New Caledonia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Nigeria 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Oman 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Papua New Guinea 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 French Polynesia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Qatar 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 El Salvador 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Togo 0 t 2016 — volatile
100 Tajikistan 0 t 2016 — flat
100 Tonga 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Trinidad and Tobago 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Uganda 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Yemen 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Zimbabwe 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Martinique 0 t 2016 — flat
100 Serbia and Montenegro 0 t 2005 down 100.0% volatile
100 Melanesia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Polynesia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Republic of Moldova 0 t 2016 — volatile
100 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 t 2016 — volatile
100 Côte d'Ivoire 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 t 2016 — volatile
100 United Republic of Tanzania 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 China, Macao SAR 0 t 2016 — flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
179 places, 5,642 data points, 1961–2016
Last refreshed

The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are detailed further and defined in the Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JFSQ) (https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en). The database contains details of the following topics: - roundwood removals (production) by coniferous and non-coniferous wood and assortments, - production and trade in industrial roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, wood charcoal, pulp, paper and paperboard, and other products. More detailed information on wood products, including definitions, can be found at: https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en